Fonchiiloricaria
| Fonchiiloricaria | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Loricariidae |
| Subfamily: | Loricariinae |
| Genus: | Fonchiiloricaria Rodriguez, Ortega & Covain, 2011[3] |
| Species: | F. nanodon
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| Binomial name | |
| Fonchiiloricaria nanodon Rodriguez, Ortega & Covain, 2011[2]
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Fonchiiloricaria is a monospecific genus of freshwater ray-finned fish is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Loricariidae, the mailed catfishes, and the subfamily Loricariinae, the armored suckermouth catfishes.[2] The only species in this genus is Fonchiiloricaria nanodon, a catfish which is known only from the middle Huallaga River drainage, near Tingo Maria in Peru.[1]
The generic name Fonchiiloricaria honours the Peruvian ichthyologist Fonchii Chang, who collected the holotype, and the specific name νᾶνος "nā́nos", meaning dwarf or reduced and ὀδούς "odoús", meaning tooth.[4]
References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Fonchiiloricaria nanodon". FishBase. September 2025 version.
- ^ a b Varella, H.R. (2023). "Fonchiiloricaria nanodon". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023 e.T178113884A178113916. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T178113884A178113916.en. Retrieved 13 September 2025.
- ^ a b Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Fonchiiloricaria". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
- ^ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Loricariinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
- ^ Christopher Scarpf (30 December 2026). "Family LORICARIIDAE: Subfamily LORICARIINAE Rafinesque 1815 (Suckermouth Armored Catfishes)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf. Retrieved 6 January 2025.